Monday, July 03, 2017

Three of Cleveland Clinic Children’s specialties cardiology and heart
surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery and Urology are ranked top as the
best in Northeast Ohio and among the top 30 nationwide.

“As an industry leaders, we work relentlessly to handlele the impossible and
achieve a remarkable outcomes,” said Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D., chairman
of Cleveland Clinic Children’s.

“Being recognized among the top
children’s hospitals by U.S. News is an outstanding achievement and
it promotes our hospital’s relentless efforts and unwavering commitment
to providing world-class care to pediatric patients – today and in the
future.”

In 2016, Cleveland Clinic Children’s expanded its sub-specialty care
with the addition of Hillcrest Hospital Pediatrics a comprehensive
pediatric outpatient suite that offers primary care, as well as 20
specialties and specialty clinics. Other hospital highlights during the
past year include the following:

Piedimonte, Giovanni, M.D., chair, Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Successfully using 3-D printing to help congenital cardiologists and
cardiothoracic surgeons plan for percutaneous or surgical interventions

Achieving a high rate of accuracy in diagnosing autism using an
index based on measurements of remote eye gaze tracking in response to
visual stimuli

Establishing a Pediatric and Adult Colorectal Surgery Clinic to help
transition young patients with colorectal disorders to adult care

Cleveland Clinic has cared for infants, children, and adolescents
since its doors first opened in 1921. That history of pediatric
caregiving has blossomed into Cleveland Clinic Children’s, standing
today as one of America’s leading and largest providers of comprehensive
pediatric care.

Now, its more than 300 pediatricians, practitioners and
specialists and more than 50 outpatient sites provide the full
spectrum of primary, specialty, and subspecialty care to the largest
patient population of any children’s hospital in Northeast Ohio.

Next year, Cleveland Clinic Children’s will fulfill a decades-long
dream of moving all pediatric ambulatory services to a new facility on
its main campus in downtown Cleveland. The 120,000-square-foot
state-of-the-art structure equipped with the latest technology and
designed to provide the best possible outcomes in terms of safety,
quality, patient satisfaction and value will feature 60 to 70 exam
rooms, 20 infusion rooms, 4 procedure rooms, and hundreds of physicians,
nurses, therapists and administrative staff working side-by-side to
provide the most comprehensive and integrated medical, surgical,
developmental and behavioral care.

According
to U.S. News, the “Best Children’s Hospital” rankings score the top 50
children’s hospitals in 10 specialties, the level and quality of
hospital resources directly related to patient care, such as staffing,
technology and special services; delivery of healthcare, such as
reputation among pediatric specialists, programs that prevent infections
and adherence to best practices; and clinical outcomes, such as patient
survival, infection rates and complications.

The rankings are currently published online – www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals – and featured in the Best Hospitals guide published by U.S News & World Report available in August.

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